Catawissa in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Catawissa Friends Meeting

August 11, 2011

1. Catawissa Friends Meeting Marker

Inscription. The nearby friends meeting-house, built about 1775, was the place of worship for early Quaker settlers among the pioneers of this region. Catawissa itself was laid out by William Hughes, a Berks County Quaker.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1775.

Location. 40° 57.052′ N, 76° 27.686′ W. Marker is in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County. It is on South Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Catawissa PA 17820, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); The Catawissa Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hollingshead Covered Bridge (approx. ¾ mile away); Native American Inhabitants Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away);

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Rupert Covered Bridge (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named Rupert Covered Bridge (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Catawissa.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 28, 2024

2. Catawissa Friends Meeting Marker

Meeting house is in the background

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2011. This page has been viewed 803 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 19, 2011. 2. submitted on November 30, 2024, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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